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IS clings on

Published : Sunday, 17 March, 2019 at 12:00 AM Count : 148

BAGHOUZ, Mar 16: US-backed forces battled Islamic State group fighters overnight as the jihadists Saturday clung onto their crumbling bastion in eastern Syria."Clashes broke out again last night and have continued since," said Adnane Afrine, spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)."There have so far been no surrenders (today) and there's no sign they are giving up," he said. -AFP